布 Kanji – linen
The Japanese kanji 布 can mean linen, cloth, spread, distribute.
Meaning and Readings
How is 布 read?
布 has the onyomi reading フ and the kunyomi reading ぬの.
In romaji, these readings can be written as fu, nuno.
Common Japanese Words Using 布
These common Japanese words contain 布. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 布哇（ハワイ） — Hawaii, Hawai'i
- 絹布（けんぷ） — silk, silk cloth
- 公布（こうふ） — official proclamation, announcement, promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
- 座布団（ざぶとん） — zabuton, flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
- 財布（さいふ） — wallet, purse, coin purse, billfold, pocketbook
- 散布（さんぷ） — dissemination, scattering, sprinkling, spraying
- 若布（わかめ） — wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
- 塗布（とふ） — application (of ointment, etc.)
- 配布（はいふ） — distribution
- 頒布（はんぷ） — distribution, circulation